File 1421/1908 Pt 2 'Persia: oil; Ahwaz oil guard'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 1421/1908 Pt 2 'Persia: oil; Ahwaz oil guard'
- Date:
- 1907/1910
- Description:
- Abstract: Part 2 consists of correspondence relating to the deployment of a consular guard at Ahwaz to protect British subjects working in the region. The correspondence is between the Government of India, Foreign Office, India Office, and representatives of Concessions Syndicate Ltd (later Anglo-Persian Oil Company). Included as enclosures are letters, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:British Minister to Persia;George B Reynolds, geologist for Concessions Syndicate Ltd;Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, Vice-Consul in Arabistan, at Ahwaz;Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary;British Treasury;Percy Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire;William Knox D'Arcy, petroleum entrepreneur.The papers cover several matters, including:the size of the guard and length of the period of deployment;the question of who will bear the cost of the guard and its accommodation;pay and allowances of staff;relations between the Bakhtiari tribes and the Syndicate;an increase to the guard at Isfahan;the proposal to replace Government of India guards with local Bakhtiari men.Physical description: 1 item (239 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Baḵtīārī (Tribe)
- Rights:
- رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100028322646.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100028322646.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/10/143/2
IOR/L/PS/10/143/2